Clearing out My Craft Closet.
Every crafter has a box, cabinet, or closet filled with the dreaded unfinished objects, UFOs, projects that you meant to get to, might have started, but just never quite finished. In an attempt to complete my projects, I've started this blog to get me over the hump and try to finish all those pesky projects that keep hanging around the house or finally start projects that I intended to make.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day/Week May 2015!

This giveaway is closed. Lee won my fabric giveaway. Thanks for all that entered. Comments with email addresses have been deleted to protect your information. See you next time.

I am happy to be participating in Sew Mama Sew's giveaway day for the second time. I really enjoyed having you all visit and sending the lucky winner some of my fabric stash, so I am doing it again.

As this blog is about clearing out my craft closet, I am happy to send along a package with fabrics from my stash to a good home. I bought all of these fabrics with no project in particular so they've never come to anything. I think I was thinking of making a quilt with some and an apron with the red. I liked the fabric and it was a good deal so I bought it. I just haven't made the projects. Too many projects, so little time. :) It's been difficult to get projects done around here with the two kids. I still try to craft when I can. It brings me so much satisfaction.

My giveaway prize features half yard pieces from my fabric stash. To the winner, I hope you can find some good use out of these fabrics. I would love to see what you end up making. Send me a photo if you remember. I am tempted to have two winners. If I have time, I will definitely send out a second prize. Thanks. Samantha

To win, please leave a comment below with your email so I can contact you from May 6th to May 10th at 5pm PST for a chance to win. You can write your email at ____ dot com so your email won't be picked up by spammers. Thanks. Winner will be picked by May 12th and notified by May 13th. Sorry no international shipping. Good luck!

A question for you:Do you ever buy fabric without any specific intention or do you always have a project in mind when you buy fabric?

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for helping me clear out my craft closet. :)

I always buy fabric that I love when I see it. I have a super stash. It helps that I pick up a lot of fabrics/notions at garage/estate sales. The fabrics tell me what to make with them. Thanks for the giveaway.

I used to buy fabric just for the heck of it, I liked the pattern or color or texture! But after filling up a couple of cabinets and a closet, I had to stop!! Now it's ONLY in an emergency that I buy fabric because I should be able to find something in my stash, theoretically.

Thanks for the chance to win! I almost always have a project in mind when I purchase fabric. That doesn't mean that every now and then some great piece jumps into my buggy and demands to come home with me. :)

I rarely have a project in mind when I'm buying fabric...that's baaaaad , isn't it? Then, when I want to sew up a project, I look through my stash and find something suitable. I love to shop for fabric and buy what's on sale and what I love!

I tend to find my fabrics at thrift stores. If I can find one piece I like after 20 minutes of digging through mostly ugly bits no one else could find a use for, I certainly don't need to have a project in mind to justify it's purchase. :)

When I was young I could only afford to buy what I needed for a project. Now, I buy what catches my eye. My stash is getting bigger but I find I still need to go out and get what I need for a project because I can't cut into my stash!

I very rarely buy fabric WITH a specific project in mind! I make lots of small, scrappy things though so FQs are my ideal size. Therefore it's not much of a gamble to outlay $3 on something I might not use for a year.